2022-w82 - 25 February 2022

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

What is the (a) total number of (i) directors-general and/or (ii) heads of departments who are currently appointed in the Public Service and (b) breakdown in each (aa) national and (bb) provincial department?

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 25 Feb 2022

(a) (i) Directors-General: 35 (Nationally) Directors-General: 7 (Provincially)

(ii) (aa) (bb) List is appended at Annexure A, derived from PERSAL ending January 2022.

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2022-w2421 - 11 January 2022

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

What (a) total number of Public Service employees are currently facing disciplinary hearings in government departments other than in those that they are currently employed in and (b) is the breakdown of the number in terms of each (i) national and (ii) provincial department?

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 11 Jan 2022

(a). The DPSA does not keep the information as discipline management is a decentralised function of departments. The purpose of sec 16B(4)(b) of the Public Service Act 103 0f 1994 was to ensure that employees who try to escape discipline by moving from one department to another, are held accountable for their action(s). Section 16B(4)(a), provides that the disciplinary hearing of an employee may ...

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2022-w2586 - 05 January 2022

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

What (a) has been the compliance rate by government departments regarding the submission and implementation of the service delivery implementation plans (SDIPs) in the (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20 and (iii) 2020-21 financial years and (b) role does her department play to ensure that (i) the submitted SDIPs are implemented and (ii) better alignment and coordination in the delivery of services by individual government departments is achieved?

2021-w2699 - 16 December 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

Whether her department has the capacity to conduct and/or roll out lifestyle audits in the various government departments; if not, on what dates are the lifestyle audits likely to be conducted and/or rolled out in the various government departments; if so, on what dates have the lifestyle audits been conducted and/or rolled out by her department in the various government departments;

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 16 Dec 2021

    1. The conducting and/or roll out of lifestyle audits are, in terms of regulation 22 of the Public Service Regulations, 2016, the responsibility of departments. Within departments, ethics officers and investigators are required to perform the required stages of lifestyle audits (lifestyle review and lifestyle investigation). In terms of the Public Service Regulations, 2016, departments have to designate Ethics Officers to manage ethics, and in ...
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2021-w2502 - 14 December 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

Whether, with reference to her reply to question 152 on 7 April 2021 which revealed that over 35% of senior Public Service employees do not have the requisite qualifications for the positions they currently occupy, her department has conducted any investigation into how the specified employees were recruited and employed in the absence of the requisite qualifications; if not, why not; if so,

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 14 Dec 2021

  1. Subsequent to the reply to question 152 on 7 April 2021, a Circular HRD031 was sent to all Heads of Departments requesting them to verify the qualifications of their Senior Management Service (SMS) members and to update information on the PERSAL system. Verification of this information is done by departments.

As a results of information relayed in the Circular, the number of SMS members ...

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2021-w2681 - 14 December 2021

Ciliesta Catherine Shoana Motsepe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

(a) To which position in Government has a certain person (name furnished) been employed and (b) what processes were followed in the employment of the specified person to the new position? NW3181E

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 14 Dec 2021

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) is not the employer of the individual. It is widely known that the individual was employed by the Presidency therefore the matter should be referred to the Presidency accordingly.

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2021-w2503 - 08 December 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

(1)Whether any disciplinary and/or legal steps have been taken against the 241 Public Service employees who, according to the Department of Social Development, received the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant in May 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What steps has her department put in place to deter Public Service employees from applying for the SRD grant following its recent reintroduction by the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 8 Dec 2021

1. No disciplinary and/or legal steps have been taken against the 241 Public Service employees who received Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants in May 2020.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is working with the departments of identified Public Service employees to ensure legal steps are taken where required. The Department of Public Service Administration (DPSA) is working closely with SASSA to ...

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2021-w2588 - 08 December 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

Whether her department has conducted an investigation into the reasons that some government departments are battling to finalise and/or conclude disciplinary cases within the stipulated time frame; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) are the reasons that some government departments are battling to finalise their disciplinary cases within the stipulated time frame and (b) steps has her department taken in order to capacitate government departments that are failing to finalise their disciplinary cases within the stipulated time frames?

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 8 Dec 2021

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has conducted an investigation into the reasons why some government departments are battling to finalise and/or conclude disciplinary cases within the stipulated time frame.

During Quarter (Q) 3 of the previous financial year (October to December 2020), the Public Administration Ethics, Integrity and Disciplinary Technical Assistance Unit (PAEIDTAU), assisted by the Strengthening Ethics and Integrity Project ...

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2021-w2325 - 02 December 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

(1)How are the various government departments (a) measuring and (b) monitoring employee performance with some Public Service employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) (a) whether her department has developed a remote working policy for government departments given that some Public Service employees are working from home; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, on what date was the specified policy developed; (3) Whether the remote working policy has been fully implemented and/or rolled out in all government departments; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 2 Dec 2021

1 (a) All employees are required to sign performance agreements outlining the outputs, indicators and activities that they must deliver on during a particular period. This requirement still applies even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 (b) Remote working requires supervisors to agree on work to be completed by employees and regular monitoring to be done in order to ensure that employees are on track ...

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2021-w2324 - 02 December 2021

Mimmy Martha Gondwe to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

(1)What is the (a) breakdown of the total number of Public Service employees currently reported to be working from home for each (i) national and (ii) provincial government department and (b) total number of (i) national and (ii) provincial departments which have implemented a hybrid system or model for work; (2) What are the relevant details of how government departments are implementing the hybrid system or model of work?

Reply from the Minister of Public Service and Administration on 2 Dec 2021

1. The required information is not centralised and readily available as each department keeps its own register and records. Individual Departments must be approached for detailed information.

2. The DPSA issues circulars following Cabinet and National Corona Virus Command Council (NCCC) resolutions as announced by the President on the state of COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Disaster Alert Levels. These circulars are meant to guide Heads ...

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